Characteristics:
1. Confusion of visually similar letters (b/d/p, w/m, h/n, f/t)
2. Difficulties with learning sound/symbol correspondences
3. Difficulties remembering basic sight vocabulary
4. Problems with segmenting words into individual sounds and blending sounds to form words.
5. Significant difficulty reading and spelling multisyllabic words, often omitting entire syllables as well as making single sound errors.
Accommodations:
1. Repeat directions. Students who have difficulty following directions are often helped by asking them to repeat the directions in their own words.
2. Simultaneously combine verbal and visual information. Verbal information can be provided with visual displays
3.Use balanced presentations and activities. An effort should be made to balance oral presentations with visual information and participatory activities. Also, there should be a balance between large group, small group, and individual activities.
4. Emphasize daily review. Daily review of previous learning or lessons can help students connect new information with prior knowledge.
5.Maintain daily routines. Many students with learning problems need the structure of daily routines to know and do what is expected.
1. Confusion of visually similar letters (b/d/p, w/m, h/n, f/t)
2. Difficulties with learning sound/symbol correspondences
3. Difficulties remembering basic sight vocabulary
4. Problems with segmenting words into individual sounds and blending sounds to form words.
5. Significant difficulty reading and spelling multisyllabic words, often omitting entire syllables as well as making single sound errors.
Accommodations:
1. Repeat directions. Students who have difficulty following directions are often helped by asking them to repeat the directions in their own words.
2. Simultaneously combine verbal and visual information. Verbal information can be provided with visual displays
3.Use balanced presentations and activities. An effort should be made to balance oral presentations with visual information and participatory activities. Also, there should be a balance between large group, small group, and individual activities.
4. Emphasize daily review. Daily review of previous learning or lessons can help students connect new information with prior knowledge.
5.Maintain daily routines. Many students with learning problems need the structure of daily routines to know and do what is expected.